When I was a music student in college, I had a number of discussions/arguments with my peers and professors over what art is. You see, it seemed to me that the art (musical, visual, etc…) of the recent past was not considered to be “serious” unless it was ugly. The mindset was: Real art should reflect the inner turmoil and strife of our world, in order to “wake people up to see the truth,” or something to that end.
In all honesty, does the world really need to have additional ugliness and pain? I would argue that a greater purpose for art would be to transcend reality. A greater purpose for artists in my mind is to create incredible art that will uplift, heal, restore, and/or encourage. Instead of trying to point out what’s wrong with the world (which is easy), doing our best to make it better (much harder, much much more rewarding). Maybe it only makes things better by a little, but that may be just the little bit that someone needs to hear or see to make a difference in their lives…
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I'm a Christian, a husband, a dad, a son, a pastor, a consultant, a musician, a writer, and bits and pieces of a bunch of other things. My work life has followed three main phases - business to teaching to church. I was the Weekend Services Pastor for nine years at Northview Church, an awesome church in the Indianapolis suburbs. I used to work for Willow Creek, another awesome church in the Chicago area. Plus I've written for various magazines and websites, and other freelancy sorts of things... My life mission is to help the church be as excellent as it can be.
Oh yeah - the name's Greg. Greg Wallace. But not the race car driver or the major league pitcher or the British celebrity chef. Just the creative worship guy. Hi.
It's my hope that these ideas, musings, rants, raves, etc... will inspire you. They're just my opinions - but again, I hope that they'll help to inspire you. Because the church really, really needs inspired creative types. If you're a creative type (and most people are, deep-down), ask God for help. Then take any ideas that are useful to you - borrow them, nab them, use them, adapt them - and make them into something greater...
You can head over to my Instagram site for an abundance of shorter posts: creativeworshipideas. If you're looking for consulting - especially on weekend services, team leadership or multi-site strategies - I'd love to help. Just message me here, and I'll be in touch - Greg
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